{"id":1674,"date":"2022-10-08T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newisland-int.com\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T08:25:11","slug":"%ef%bf%bcmazes-and-journeys-different-routes-to-automation-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newisland-int.com\/?p=1674","title":{"rendered":"Mazes and Journeys: Different Routes to Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1674\" class=\"elementor elementor-1674\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68cefb41 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"68cefb41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-69.png?fit=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0dcbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b0dcbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a story about the many different routes to automation.<\/p>\n<p>This blog series will guide you on your digital transformation and digital business automation journey.<\/p>\n<p>It is no secret that all businesses today find themselves on a digital transformation journey.\u00a0 A journey that will depend heavily on the right automation strategy, skills, technology, and a solid plan to build and evolve the business.<\/p>\n<p>Fact is &#8220;No business wants to automate less!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First, I want us to think about mazes, labyrinths and puzzles\u2026all challenges that people love.<\/p>\n<p>A maze is filled with dead ends, loops and monsters. Often there are clues that help you find your way and alleviate frustration, but the idea is to get lost (Innovation Mindset) a few times before figuring out the terrain and finding your way.<\/p>\n<p>People just love the challenge of beating the maze\u2026it could go well for you, or it could be an adventure gone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>To master the maze you need a strategy, knowledge about the maze, you need to get the right team with the right skills and much more.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d369ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d369ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2j.png?fit=433%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1699\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2j.png?w=433&amp;ssl=1 433w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2j.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" data-attachment-id=\"1699\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/newisland-int.com\/?attachment_id=1699\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2j.png?fit=433%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"433,273\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2j.png?fit=433%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49353a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49353a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before jumping headfirst into the maze, it is <strong>best to know where you are. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look for alternative entry points and decide on a partner to join you on your journey.\u00a0 It is also important to keep track of routes that led to dead ends and routes that are yet to be travelled.\u00a0 Along the way you will collect rewards, or interim successes that will lead to the ultimate prize\u2026beating the Maze!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automation works in much the same way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Where to start your automation journey?<\/h4>\n<p>If we begin to unpack the automation opportunity, we quickly see that a sound strategy with a human-centric approach is key to creating new value and realizing growth. Only about 15 to 20% of what could be automated has been automated in businesses that claim to have embraced automation. Make it about the people and not about the technology and you will succeed. This is important to remember as we engage and evolve our automation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>When we look at the business landscape, we can quickly understand why businesses today, more than ever, need to build automation into their technology stack in a purpose driven and well architected way.<\/p>\n<p>The customer behaviour and expectation has changed\u2026customers want it perfect, right now and expect miracles at the drop of a penny\u2026and businesses want to deliver on these expectations\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Business landscapes are intricately intertwined and interconnected both internally and externally\u2026regardless the industry vertical.<br \/>It seems like the automation answer can then be simple\u2026but it is not\u2026because every business is on a different point of maturity on their automation journey. This position of maturity will define how and where the business will look at and embrace different types of automation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not only about saving costs, but also very often about creating new value and differentiated customer experiences that puts the business ahead of its competition &#8211; a great example of this is Sixty60 vs the rest &#8211; being quick, early and efficient with a customer-centric solution gives you an advantage that is hard to lose.<br \/>Automation Opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retail &#8211; integrated offerings and accelerated services<\/li>\n<li>Mining &amp; Manufacturing &#8211; Intelligent mining and extended supply chain optimisation<\/li>\n<li>Banking and Financial &#8211; Extending fintech partner ecosystem, intelligent advisory, personalised services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51199f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51199f5\" 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intelligent innovation needs the right foundational blocks in place, and it is important for organisations to clearly outline where they fit in this maturity scale.<\/p>\n<p>There are essentially <strong>5 levels<\/strong> towards intelligent automation that can be highlighted as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foundation \u2013 A Tools Driven focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we find application of scripts, islands of tools and tasks level focus to apply automation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optimize \u2013 Process Driven<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizations start to focus on optimized business processes, defined automation methods and standards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Efficient \u2013 RPA Driven<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here the focus is rule based, analytics driven and starts to leverage pattern analytics based on underlying datasets.\u00a0 At this point we see organisations establishing their Automation Centre of Excellence \u2013 a critical component for your automation journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intelligent \u2013 AI Driven<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this ultimate maturity level, it is all about the business focus and the human focus.\u00a0 It takes model-driven decisions, it is self-learning, and it combines human and machine for value driven solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At this point it is crystal clear that automation never ends and that a continuous innovation cycle needs to exist to continuously move different parts of the organisations up in the maturity stack.<\/p>\n<h4>Barriers and avoiding or overcoming them<\/h4>\n<p>Just like a maze, the automation journey can be filled with dead ends and roundabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Some barriers are real, and some are perceived as barriers but and are in fact not barriers at all.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barrier \u2013 Shortage of Talent and Skill<\/li>\n<li>Barrier \u2013 Organizational Resistance<\/li>\n<li>Barrier \u2013 Process and Policy Issues<\/li>\n<li>Barrier \u2013 Tech Environment Built for a Previous Era<\/li>\n<li>Barrier \u2013 Lack of Strategic Alignment<\/li>\n<li>Myth \u2013 Our Customers aren\u2019t ready for it<\/li>\n<li>Myth \u2013 Succeeding in Intelligent Automation is a Tech Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Myth \u2013 It is best to not be a pioneer<\/li>\n<li>Myth \u2013 If it has been automated, we can stop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your automation plan should consider these ahead of time to ensure they these challenges do not materialise unexpectedly during the digital transformation journey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-907107b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"907107b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture5g.png?fit=177%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5654e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc5654e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When we look at the BMC ADE model it supports the principle of multiple, distinct yet interconnected types of automation.<\/p>\n<p>Reach out to me to talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.com\/corporate\/autonomous-digital-enterprise.html\">BMC Autonomous Digital Enterprise<\/a> (ADE). The ADE is the framework for the successful future enterprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>TAKING A PLATFORM APPROACH TO AUTOMATION<\/h4>\n<p>When designing your <strong>Automation Enterprise Architecture<\/strong>, you must look across the entire business and you must also consider your digital transformation goals to ensure you build a solution that will scale.\u00a0 The last thing you want is to invest in solutions your business will outgrow.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>platform approach<\/strong> will ensure that you consider all aspects of skill, technology, and organisational structure elements to deliver the right solution for now and for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Understand the technologies in hand and each one\u2019s strengths and limitations, ensure you have an end-to-end solution that offers a single point of orchestration, visibility and control that can integrate easily and seamlessly with other niche automation solutions and systems to eliminate silos within your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drive self-service<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ensure that your solution offers the right capabilities to allow for a diverse range of end-users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Business users should leverage self-service interfaces to easily create automation workflows that are governed by standards, security and policies that are created and owned by IT Operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Developers should be able to leverage modern programming integration methods and language to deliver jobs-as-code where automation becomes part of the application.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, at <strong>the Automation Centre of Excellence<\/strong> you will have automation gurus that will want a powerful tool to design, build, monitor and control all aspects of automation across the entire business (where boundaries can stretch beyond the boundaries of the organisation).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462f3c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"462f3c3\" 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>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-1.png?fit=798%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3383\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/newisland-int.com\/?attachment_id=3383\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newisland-int.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture-1.png?fit=798%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"798,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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